Almost Brothers

Almost Brothers
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLúcia Murat
Written byPaulo Lins
Lúcia Murat
Produced byAilton Franco Jr.
Branca Murat
StarringCaco Ciocler
Flavio Bauraqui
Werner Schünemann
Antônio Pompêo
CinematographyJacob Solitrenick
Edited byMair Tavares
Music byNana Vasconcelos
Production
companies
Taiga Filmes
Ceneca Producciones
TS Productions
Distributed byImovision
Release dates
  • September 2004 (2004-09) (Festival do Rio)
  • April 1, 2005 (2005-04-01) (Brazil)
Running time
102 minutes
CountriesBrazil
Chile
France
LanguagePortuguese
Box office460,087

Almost Brothers (Portuguese: Quase Dois Irmãos) is a 2004 Brazilian film. It was directed by Lúcia Murat and written by Murat and Paulo Lins. Switching back and forth in time between the 1970s and the 2000s, the film follows the friendship between a middle-class left-wing political activist and a criminal from Rio de Janeiro's favelas.